depth gauge

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An instrument for measuring depth, especially of water.

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  • Before descending, always check your depth gauge and verify it's calibrated.
  • The depth gauge tells you how deep you have dived.
  • Her analog depth gauge was foggy, so she switched to a digital backup.
  • At safety stops, I keep glancing at the depth gauge to maintain 5 meters.
  • On the research vessel, a technician logged the depth gauge readings every minute.
  • The instructor demonstrated how to read a depth gauge and convert feet to meters.
  • If the depth gauge sticks, abort the dive and surface slowly.
  • After servicing, the depth gauge indicated zero at sea level as expected.
  • Cave divers carry a backup depth gauge in case the primary fails.
  • The pool's depth gauge showed 3.0 m, so the crew postponed the training.